Cultural Assessntent
Choose one cultural group reviewed within this course. Using Giger and Davidhizar’s Transcultural Assessment Model, perform a comprehensive assessment of how your selected cultural group’s beliefs and practices might impact healthcare decision-making, treatment adherence, your communication, your interventions, and your education to align with the patient’s cultural values and preferences.
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Utilize your mind map from module 1 and the textbook’s FIG. 1.1 and FIG. 1.2 in Chapter 1 to thoroughly outline your assessment and expand upon each of the six cultural phenomena for your selected group.
Submission Instructions:
• The paper is to be clear and concise and students will lose points for improper grammar, punctuation and misspelling.
• The paper should be formatted per current APA and 4-5 pages in length, excluding the title and references page. Incorporate a minimum of 5 current (published within the last five years) scholarly journal articles or primary legal sources (statutes, court opinions) within your work.
• Complete and submit the assignment by 11:59 PM ET on Sunday.
• Late work policies, expectations regarding proper citations, acceptable means of responding to peer feedback, and other expectations are at the discretion of the instructor.
• You can expect feedback from the instructor within 48 to 72 hours from the Sunday due date.
Cultural Criteria |
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Points |
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Identification |
Distinguished |
Excellent |
Fair |
Poor |
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and |
Identify and |
Identifies and |
Identifies and |
Identifies and |
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Transcultural |
demonstrate a |
demonstrate an |
demonstrate an |
demonstrate an |
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Assessment |
sophisticated |
accomplished |
acceptable |
unacceptable |
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components |
understanding of |
understanding of |
understanding of |
understanding of |
/4 pts |
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the six cultural |
at least five of |
at least four of |
three or fewer of |
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phenomena |
the cultural |
the cultural |
the cultural |
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within the model. |
phenomena |
phenomena |
phenomena |
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within the model. |
within the model. |
within the model. |
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3.1 to 4 pts |
2.1 to 3 pts |
1.1 to 2 pts |
1 pts |
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Analysis |
Distinguished |
Excellent |
Fair |
Poor |
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of |
Presents an |
Presents a mostly |
Presents a |
Presents |
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insightful, |
thorough analysis |
superficial or |
unacceptable |
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thorough analysis |
and evaluation of |
incomplete |
analysis and |
/4 pts |
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and evaluation of |
most of the |
analysis and |
evaluation of the |
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the group’s |
group’s cultural |
evaluation of the |
group’s cultural |
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cultural assessment. |
analysis. |
group’s cultural assessment. |
assessment. |
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3.1 to 4 pts |
2.1 to 3 pts |
1.1 to 2 pts |
1 pts |
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Demonstrates a Conceptual |
Distinguished |
Excellent |
Fair |
Poor |
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Understanding |
Provides a |
Provides a |
Provides a |
Provides an |
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thorough, |
competent and |
competent |
unacceptable |
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competent and |
interpretive |
response to all |
response to the |
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interpretive |
responses to all |
components of |
components of |
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responses to all |
components of |
the model, but |
the model, and |
/4 pts |
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components of |
the model, and |
lacks |
lacks |
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the model, and |
shows a |
interpretation |
interpretation |
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shows a high |
moderate level of |
and a moderate |
and a moderate |
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level of |
conceptual |
level of |
level of |
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conceptual |
understanding. |
conceptual |
conceptual |
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understanding. |
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understanding. |
understanding. |
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3.1 to 4 pts |
2.1 to 3 pts |
1.1 to 2 pts |
1 pts |
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Use of Citations to Course |
Distinguished |
Excellent |
Fair |
Poor |
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Readings and Additional |
Effectively uses |
Effectively uses |
Ineffectively uses |
Ineffectively uses |
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Research/Literature |
the literature and |
the literature and |
the literature and |
the literature and |
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other resources |
other resources |
other resources |
other resources |
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to inform their |
to inform their |
to inform their |
to inform their |
/4 pts |
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work. |
work. Moderate |
work. Moderate |
work. |
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Exceptional use |
use of citations |
use of citations |
Unacceptable |
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of citations and |
and extended |
and extended |
use of citations |
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extended referencing. |
referencing. |
referencing. |
and extended referencing. |
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3.1 to 4 pts |
2.1 to 3 pts |
1.1 to 2 pts |
1 pts |
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Writing Mechanics and APA |
Distinguished |
Excellent |
Fair |
Poor |
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Formatting Guidelines |
Demonstrate a |
Demonstrate a |
Demonstrate a |
Demonstrates |
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high level of |
high level of |
moderate level of |
issues in writing |
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clarity, precision, |
clarity. APA style |
clarity. APA style |
and |
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and attention to |
and writing |
and writing |
communicating |
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detail. APA style |
mechanics need |
mechanics need |
clearly. APA style |
/4 pts |
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is correct and |
more precision |
more precision |
and writing |
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writing is free of |
and attention to |
and attention to |
mechanics need |
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grammar and spelling errors. |
detail. |
detail. |
serious attention. |
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3.1 to 4 pts |
2.1 to 3 pts |
1.1 to 2 pts |
1 pts |
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